Circular Business Models in the Apparel Industry

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-80192-1
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 146 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 433 g

Reihe: Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes

This volume offers a variety of cases dealing with circular business models in the textile and fashion industry. The cases cover the circularity, circular business models relevant to the apparel industry. In addition, this book presents a comprehensive examination of circular economy principles within the textile and apparel industry, emphasizing sustainability and innovation through various lenses.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Muthu, Subramanian Senthilkannan

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft: Theorie & Allgemeines
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction to the Book.- 2 Circular Economy Solutions for Sustainability in Textile and Silk Sector.- 3 A Taxonomy of Sustainable and Circular Apparel Business Models.- 4 Circular Economy Dynamics in the Apparel Industry.- 5 Modeling Social Circular Economy Business Models in the Fashion Industry.- 6 Rise of Circular Fashion for Sustainable Apparel Retailing.- 7 Circular Fashion for Sustainability.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu is currently the Chief Sustainability Officer at Green Story Inc, Canada, based out of Hong Kong. He earned his PhD from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and is a renowned expert in the areas of Environmental Sustainability in Textiles & Clothing Supply Chain, Product Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Product Carbon Footprint Assessment (PCF) in various industrial sectors. He has five years of industrial experience in textile manufacturing, research and development and textile testing and over a decade's of experience in life cycle assessment (LCA), carbon and ecological footprints assessment of various consumer products. He has published more than 100 research publications, written numerous book chapters and authored/edited over 170 books in the areas of Carbon Footprint, Recycling, Environmental Assessment, Life Cycle Assessment and Environmental Sustainability.